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Hey there,
I am currently developing a game engine in Opus Pro XE 5.5 and after coming across many wierd obstacles in the coding, I have come to one which I have no idea how to solve.
At the moment I have a variable called speed. When the variable is "0" a multiframe displays frame 17 and when the variable is "1" the multiframe cycles through frames 1-8 at a certain speed using:

When the variable is "2" it does another loop using the same coding as "1" but with different delay times
When I preview and change the variable number the loop has to finish before changing or sometimes it speeds up to go to the next loop. Is there a way I can switch between the loops immediately?

I can attach the imp if you need to have a further look at the coding.

Also, if you can help me out I'll put you in the credits as a Special Thanks.

You can break out of a loop with "break" -- no quotes.
If that's not what you want it will be easier to help if we can see what the script looks like.

Paul

I have put the break in before each loop action but it does not work... I shall attach the imp and required resources so you can have a gander.

Note: The actions for each loop are found in Page 1's actions
When you preview the publication, move the mouse over the red and yellow areas on the right side and then back the the middle to change the speed variable number
dark red = speed 0
red = speed 1
yellow = speed 2
the code for the other bars have not been implemented yet.


Please do not download this file for your own personal use without asking and crediting me for the hours I have spent coding this, Thank you.

Umm... I don't know if the bumping rules have changed since I registered in 2004, but I'm gonna post a sneaky bump as a matter of urgency, as I'm running to a tight deadline.

Sorry, I assumed that when you said "Game engine" you meant that you would be working in script and not mixing short scripts with a lot of built in actions.
In a project like this I would put everything into a script object as it is much easier to follow the logic flow.
Maybe someone else can help.

Paul

I still have time, I might be able to convert what I have in actions to make them one big script. I might need to look up some commands but I should be able to figure it out.
Thanks again for you time and advice, Paul.

To opus script I go!

break won't work because each action will complete before returning to the condition check.

I've changed the MF advances into a simple script but am not sure what you are trying to achieve so you'll need to hack it, but I hope its a start.

Mack

I don't understand how it all works, but why do you repeat the same thing in the loop??
Go to multiframe 1, then delay...repeated 8 times why not just do it once in the loop, since the loop repeats until the condition is false....so I must be missing something??

A 'Loop while' will test the condition (speed=1) then it must complete the block below and test the condition again (speed=1) so can you not delete 7 of the "go to a specific frame multiframe 1...Delay 0.2"

in this way, it would test the condition after every "go to specific......."

and break from the loop immediately.

When I try to run it---nothing really happens--I'm unsure what it should be doing or what to do????

but looks very interesting.

also...I would have used the test for speed=? to set a variable, then send it round the same loop but the delay would be determined by the variable.
(if you can do it in scripting---that's the way to go )
Sandy

I have just noticed what's supposed to happen in your loop and my suggestion above is no use... I didn't notice that it goes to a different frame each time, so now it makes more sense.